(To be Published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-II, Section - 3, Sub-Section (II))

Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi

Notification No. 11 /2015-2020
Dated: 12th June , 2020

Subject: Amendment in Export Policy of Human Embryos.

S.O. (E). In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended, read with Para 1.02 & 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, the Central Government hereby, amends the export policy of Human Embryos under Chapter 5 of ITC (HS), 2018, Schedule -2 (Export Policy)

4. New entry at Serial No. 49A is inserted in Chapter 5 of Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) Classification of Export and Import Items, as under:

S.No

Tariff Item HS Code

  Item Description

Export Policy

Policy Conditions

49A

0511 99 99

Human Embryos/ Gametes/Gonad tissues

Free

Subject to . ’No Objection Certificate’ from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

5. Effect of this Notification:
Human Embryos / Gametes/ Gonad tissues are "Free" for export subject to ’No Objection Certificate’ from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

(Amit Yadav)
Director General of Foreign Trade
Ex-Officio Additional Secretary to the Government of India
E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from File No. 01/91/180/50/AM-21/EC/E-21502)